Valerie is the owner of Edgewood Travel. She began her travel career as a Tour Director in Europe - escorting Americans on tulip cruises in Holland, wine cruises in German along the Rhine and the Moselle, and motorcoach tours in Portugal. After four years of Eurotrotting, she came back to Greenwich, Connecticut and began selling corporate and vacation travel. In 1992, she moved to Savannah, Georgia, and opened Edgewood Travel –celebrating 20 years in 2012!

Valerie's greatest travel love is to plan trips to those out of the way places in Europe - France, in particular. Another favorite past time is skiing and any eco-adventure trip.

Never one to stay in one place for too long, Valerie spent 2002 living in Singapore. During that year she visited China, Malaysia, Thailand, Burma, Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos. Asia was a fabulous experience, and she would be delighted to share her insights with you.

She formerly lived at the Landings on Skidaway Island, an island community with six golf courses. Now living in historic downtown Savannah with her husband, Jim Crawford, and Samson (Sam), her black labrador (born in Australia, exported to Singapore and brought to the US), & her new “Doctor of Destruction”, (Sam’s) “Buddy”, a rescued Weimaraner.